Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Dushanbe, Tajikistan 🇹🇯, home to about 1.09 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 38.5600° S, 111.2261° W. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Dushanbe, Tajikistan 🇹🇯 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 38.5600° N, 68.7739° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 38.5600° S, 111.2261° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 1,277 km (793 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Puerto Montt, Chile — 3,251 km (2,020 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Dushanbe's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,277 km (793 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Puerto Montt, Chile, about 3,251 km (2,020 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Dushanbe; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (38.5600° N becomes 38.5600° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (68.7739° E becomes 111.2261° W). More on how antipodes work.
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